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Show "THEN NICKIE BAN." Tho Origin of tho Doubt Concerning 'tho T3r.r'3 Personal Courage. "It is "not too much to say that tho present Tsar is not popular with the Rus-ulan Rus-ulan people," scy3 Arnold White In Everybody's Every-body's Magazine. "The Russians like a Jovial, burly ruler, who can drink hard, vho loves fighting, and whose personal courage ia undoubted. Ever since tho episode epi-sode at Otsu, when the Ts ir's life was endangered en-dangered by the would-te murderer, thero has been a doubt as to the personal cour-ago cour-ago of the Tsar. This doubt is owing to an Indiscreet letter which was written by tho Crown Prince of Greece to his father, end which by some accident or indlscrc-Hnn indlscrc-Hnn wnn rviiI liv nthrs From Athens tho report was widely circulated throughout through-out Europe. The latter described tho episode epi-sode of the attempted assassination, and tho Crown Prlnc of Greece, after dwelling dwell-ing on tho scene wherein the Japanesa madman struck at his cousin, the Tsare-vltch, Tsare-vltch, used words which havo become historical his-torical in Russia 'Then Nlckle ran.' 'Nicklo' is tho pet name by which tho Tsar ' Is known to his relations, especially to his cousins, with whom he loves to cycle. For' a long time the half-dlsaffcci-cd and contemptuous clans, which form society in Russia, repeated with shrugs of the shoulders 'Then Nlckle ran. then i Nicklo ran.' The episode Is not forgotten ! and the hands of the Emperor as a peace- I maker are seriously hindered by tho suggestion sug-gestion of pusillanimity in a moment of danger. Tho suggestion Is probably unjust, un-just, but continual living In an electrical atmosphere, with assassination always In the air, and tho memory that the majority of his ancestors havo perished by violent death, has no doubt strained the nerve of the Russian Emperor." |